Daily Mass Readings for August 20, 2024: Gospel — Mt 19, 23-30

¹ The Lord’s message came to me: ² “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘Your heart is proud and you said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas”— yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike. ³ Look, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you. ⁴ By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries. ⁵ By your great skill in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart is proud because of your wealth. 6 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you think you are godlike, ⁷ I am about to bring foreigners against you, the most terrifying of nations. They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor. ⁸ They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die violently in the heart of the seas. ⁹ Will you still say, “I am a god,” before the one who kills you— though you are a man and not a god— when you are in the power of those who wound you? 1 ⁰ You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”